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I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone And No One Can Pay (2010)

by John Lanchester(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1439169845 (ISBN13: 9781439169841)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: It was good for what it was, but lots of numbers tend to make my eyes glaze over. And complex descriptions of financial stuff pretty much does the same. I think the author did a good job, and I do have a somewhat better grasp of the 2008 crash and the events, attitudes and entities leading up to it. Plus, I listened to it (I never would have been able to get through it if I had to read it myself.), and I tend to grasp things poorly when I listen to them instead of reading them.
review 2: Loses one star for the annoyingly prissy tone the author takes, but on the whole this is a great book for the outsider to economics. It explains with just the right pace and repetition the core concepts behind the world of finance and the last few chapters, which detail the pol... moreitical obstacles to change in our current circumstances, were very eye-opening for me. I will gladly read another non fiction book by this author. less

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